A Few of
Lauren’s
Poems
Pinball Wizard
The pinball machine was silent
for a minute and he knew that meant
he should go next door
right then
to where his parents were pressing
Continues…
Lovebirds
I drive home to find
dove feathers
embossed on the plate glass
on the cheek of the house.
I sit
on the loose step
Continues…
Slow
Eyes open, legs splayed in the powdery dirt,
she likes the cool of it, the dynamic surge
of just belonging to a place like this,
Continues…
This Morning a Wasp’s Nest
This morning a wasp’s nest kept me from my breakfast,
a nest the size of a fist, or a small heart, chambered and dark,
growing stingers stuck to the shadow of the porch near the door.
Continues…
Woman Kept Captive for 24 Years
Whatever they tell me on the news this time,
I will see three children raisined in the dark
between the basement and the old man. I will hear
the mother’s eyes lock down with each unwanted entry,